Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Duchess Die in Sarajevo
Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir to the Austro Hungarian throne and the Duchess of Hohenberg were shot in Sarajevo after a bomb attack failed to stop them. They died minutes after reaching the palace as assassins boasted of their deed. The couple were on a mercy mission to visit wounded aides and hospital patients. The attackers identified themselves and planned the crime at a street corner, with the Archduke’s death marking a pivotal act in rising nationalist tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Hohenberg
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Duchess of
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Royal Automobile
Mercy
Archduke
Rudolf Strasse
Franz Josef Strasse
Prinzip
Belgrade
New Jersey in Focus Reports State News and Local Incidents
A late dispatch summary highlights varied New Jersey items including Camdens campaigns and Somers Point road controversy, Millville hospital and hotel construction, and drought impact on Gloucester hay. Other notes cover public works, arrests, births, deaths, railway accidents, and local civic events with multiple named towns and officials.
Archduke Assassination Sparks Terror in Sarajevo
An 18 year old Gavrilo Princip shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophie as their car reached the city, while conspirator Gavrinovics fled after a failed bomb assault. Spectators nearly lynched the duo, police secured them, and an unexploded bomb was later found nearby.
New Heir Charles Francis Joseph Named Heir to Austria
Charles Francis Joseph Favorite of Emperor is named heir presumptive to the Austrian throne after Archduke Francis Ferdinand's death. He is the eldest son of the late Archduke Otto Francis Joseph and was prepared for rulership since childhood. Born in Parsenberg on August 17, 1887, his wife has had no notable incidents to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Francis Joseph
Austria
Zita
Bourbon of
Parma
Francis Joseph
Francis Joseph Otto
Kaiser
Victoria Luise
Thirty-ninth
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Michael
Prince of
Servia
Spain
Richard
Earl of Mayo
India
Abdul Aziz
Turkey
Alexander II
Russia
James Garfield
Marie Francois Sadle Carnot
France
Stanislaus Stambouloff
Bulgaria
Nas-ed-Din
Persia
Canovas del Castillo
Juan Indiarte Borda
Uruguay
Jose Maria Reyna Barrios
Guatemala
Elizabeth
Sergius
Grand Duke
Marquis Ito
Japan
Peter Arcadowitch Stolypin
Jose Canalejas
Nazim Pasha
Francisco
Madero
Mexico
Jose Pino Suarez
George
Greece
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Duchess of
Hohenberg
Archduke Otto Francis Joseph
Francis Ferdinand
Parsenberg
Wfe
British Minister Urges Citizens to Leave Mexico
Sir Lionel Carden urged all British subjects in Mexico City to depart temporarily due to deteriorating fuel and train service that could trap people inland. He emphasized it was a caution, not an order, aiming to protect women and children as General Villa rushes 25 000 troops toward Torreon to confront Carranza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Carranza
Torreon
Mexico City
Mexico
Lionel Carden
Legation
General Villa
San Luis Potosi
Zacatecas
el Paso
Mellen Charged in Hamden Railroad Theft Conspiracy
Boston Charles S Mellen former president of the Boston and Maine and New Haven railroads is charged with conspiracy access before the fact to larceny and conspiracy to steal in indictments by the Middlesex County Grand Jury linked to rumors around the 15 mile Hamden Railroad project costing 4 500 000 Frederick S Moseley a note broker and five firm members face conspiracy to steal charges Ralph Gillett of Westfield civil works contractor indicted for conspiracy to steal and he is dead. investment committee members of East Cambridge and Cambridge Savings Banks also indicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles S. Mellen
Maine
New Haven
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Hamden
Frederick S. Moseley
Ralph Gillett
Westfeld
East Cambridge
Cambridge Savings Banks
Prosperity Returns as B and O Restores Cumberland Shops
Prosperity spreads along the Cumberland Valley as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins recalled workers along the Cumberland division. Grafton shops previously furloughed many. here 500 men who stayed receive orders to return to work with steady employment in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keyser
W. Va
Cumberland Valley
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cumberland Division
Grafton
START TO REBUILD SALEM FIRE DISTRICT
Work begins on reconstructing the fire swept Salem district with contractors and architects surveying the ground and drafting new structures. Manufacturers and real estate owners back the plan to employ those who lost homes and workplaces, despite chilly wet weather and shelters in camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Unprecedented China Flood Creates 2,000,000 Homeless
A unprecedented flood devastates southern Chinese provinces destroying crops and leaving two million people homeless. American consul general Fleming D Cheshire cables that starvation looms and relief is imperative. Appeals to the American Red Cross are under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Fleming D. Cheshire
State Department
American Red Cross
Sunday School Lesson on the Parable of the Vineyard
E O Selleps outlines Jesus parable of the vineyard to teach that God rewards faithfulness and use of opportunity, not mere duration of service. The lesson links Peter's question about rewards to the subtext of early calls, wages, and divine generosity.
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E. O. Selleps
Aeah
The
Moody Bible Institute
Cage
Peter
Jesus
Kingdom of
Heaven
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Slan
Tlo
Gavrio Prinzip
Royal Auto
Lincoln
New Jersey
Frank A. Magowan
Trenton
State Hospital For
Camden
Wolverton
Assembly
Somers’ Point-Longport
Gloucester County
Woodbury
Sewell Fire Company
William Bright
Pennsville
Charles Barber
Russell
Emily DuBois
Panama
Mr. Barber
Millville
Collingswood Civic Association
Fielder
George W. Post
Westwood
Erie Railroad
Westwood Station
Ezequiel Rojas
Venezuela
Atlantic City
Hurtsville
Christopher Foster
South Millville
Greg
George King
Mantua
Mays Landing
Court House
Marvine
Fort Mott
St. George’s Church
Salem County
Second
Pine Streets
Allosié di Orsco
Boyle
Thomas H. Evernham
Allentown Methodist Church
Nathaniel R. Foster
Louis W. Gordon
Barnesboro
Public Service
Newark
Mothers’ Club of
Moorestown
Sarah Dowell
Collingswood
Hapsburgs
Trebinje
Gabrinovics
Burgomaster
Archduke Saled
Nedelja Gabrinovics
Gabrinovices
Miljachka
Mellen
Middlesex
Hamden R. R
Cumberland
Peter Jesus
Israel
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